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Arlington Capital Partners has acquired Ontario Systems (OS), a provider of revenue cycle management (RCM) software and solutions to healthcare providers, outsourced RCM and accounts receivable management (ARM) firms, and government clients.
For more than 30 years, Ontario Systems has served healthcare providers and their business offices with software, technology and services that help access patients, streamline and optimise complex workflows, and accelerate revenue recovery. Ontario Systems’ customers include three of the top six health systems in the US, and nine of the ten largest RCM and ARM firms, with approximately 55,000 licensed users across more than 500 locations.
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Mid-market private equity firm LDC has backed the management buyout of UK based shower brand Aqualisa for an undisclosed price from Sankaty Advisors, LLC, the credit affiliate of Bain Capital, and RBS.
Aqualisa designs and manufactures a range of digital, mixer and electric showers and accessories, retailing through builders' merchants, distributors, specifiers, and showrooms.
Founded in the 1970s, Aqualisa’s patented, bi-metallic shower valve, which reduces limescale build-up, revolutionised the market in the 1980s and is still manufactured by the company today. It also launched the first digital shower in 2001 and introduced new wireless remote technology in 2005.
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In the face of volatility in the surrounding European continent, Germany has remained relatively stable and attractive to many private equity investors. Here, Preqin provides the latest statistics for German fundraising and deals, as well as details of the largest transactions of 2015 YTD.
Read the full factsheet here, featuring charts and tables demonstrating the latest research into the German private equity market.
Forbion Capital Partners’ portfolio company, Dezima Pharma, a biotechnology company developing innovative drugs to treat dyslipidemic patients suffering from cardiovascular disease (CVD), is to be acquired by Amgen, Inc.
Amgen has agreed to acquire all outstanding shares of Dezima for up to USD1.55 billion from Forbion and other current shareholders, subject to obtaining US Federal Trade Commission clearance. Further details of the acquisition include an upfront payment of USD300 million, milestone payments of up to USD1.25 billion and low-single-digit royalties on net product sales above a certain threshold.
Dezima was founded in 2012 by Prof. John Kastelein, Professor of Medicine
SeniorAdom has recently completed a round of financing from Omnes Capital, 123Venture, SEB Alliance and AG2R LA MONDIALE.
Founded in November 2012, SeniorAdom offers new remote assistance technology. SeniorAdom’s next-generation technology automatically detects falls and sudden illness using a smart system of detectors (no cameras) connected to a central device. This central device is easy to install and use. It can simply be plugged into a power socket (no need for an internet connection because it has an embedded GSM mobile phone card). No special training is required.
In addition to falls and sudden illness, SeniorAdom’s solution can also
CR Holding (CR), the holding company of CR Investment Management, and K&K Group, have acquired the Airport Club in Frankfurt from Deutsche Bank for an undisclosed sum.
The Airport Club Frankfurt is a well-known premium business club located at the international hub of Frankfurt airport. The club, formerly owned by Deutsche Bank and Lufthansa, was sold to CR and Kofler & Kompanie after Deutsche Bank bought out Lufthansa. As part of the deal, the rental contract has been extended with the owner of the property.
Torsten Hollstein, Managing Director of CR, says: “The Airport Club Frankfurt offers an exclusive
The private debt team of Tikehau IM acted as sole arranger and provider of financing for the proprietary primary LBO of the Belgium company, Pennel & Flipo Sprl by IDI and Cabestan Capital.
Tikehau IM arranged and financed the tailored unitranche facility for this acquisition.
Pennel & Flipo Sprl represents the ninth transaction to-date in private debt by Tikehau IM and the 5th transaction for the Tikehau Direct Lending III Fund. The private debt team of 18 professionals, led by Cécile Mayer-Lévi and Jean-Baptiste Feat, has local deal flow teams in Paris, Brussels, Milan and London. This coupled with
AlphaClone, a specialist in alpha-seeking investment strategies, has raised USD2.25 million in Series A financing, led by fintech-focused venture firm Operative Capital.
The financing builds on a remarkable period of growth for the firm that saw advised assets grow fourfold to over USD200 million in the past year. The company intends to use the financing to accelerate new product introductions and build out its marketing and sales operations.
Designed to adjust automatically based on pre-set rules, AlphaClone's investment strategies seek to give investors the potential to outperform the broader market by accessing the investment ideas of the world’s most established
Quayside Fund Management has received authorisation from the Central Bank of Ireland to act as Manager to UCITS funds.
Quayside currently provides third-party management solutions to investment managers looking to set up alternative investment funds (‘AIFs’), and will now extend this service to UCITS funds.
Eoin Smyth (pictured), CEO of Quayside, says: ‘Due to increasing client demand, we are delighted that Quayside has expanded on its AIFM authorisation in offering cost effective management company (‘ManCo’) solutions to our UCITS clients. Quayside provides a high touch quality service to its clients using state-of- the-art risk system reporting. Choosing a provider such
Nauta Capital has completed the first close of its 2015 fund at USD70 million, resulting in total assets under management (AUM) of USD260 million.
The final close is expected during the first half of 2016 with a total fund target ranging from USD115 to 175 million.
Nauta Capital, which has offices in London, Barcelona and Boston, backs entrepreneurs committed to creating global capital efficient software companies in large markets with limited previous technology impact. Areas of interest include B2B software, disruptive digital media and enabling technologies for mobile and the internet.
Nauta has led investments in 30+ companies
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